Full Text of HB4613 95th General Assembly
HB4613eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning criminal law.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Criminal Code of 1961 is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 17-3 as follows:
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| (720 ILCS 5/17-3) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-3)
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| Sec. 17-3. Forgery.
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| (a) A person commits forgery when, with intent to defraud, | 9 |
| he knowingly:
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| (1) makes or alters any document apparently capable of | 11 |
| defrauding
another in such manner that it purports to have | 12 |
| been made by another or at
another time, or with different | 13 |
| provisions, or by authority of one who did
not give such | 14 |
| authority; or
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| (2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have | 16 |
| been thus
made or altered; or
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| (3) possesses, with intent to issue or deliver, any | 18 |
| such document
knowing it to have been thus made or altered; | 19 |
| or
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| (4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined | 21 |
| in the Financial
Institutions Electronic Documents and | 22 |
| Digital Signature Act, of another; or
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| (5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to |
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| create
an electronic signature of that other person, as | 2 |
| those terms are defined in the
Electronic Commerce Security | 3 |
| Act.
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| (b) An intent to defraud means an intention to cause | 5 |
| another to assume,
create, transfer, alter or terminate any | 6 |
| right, obligation or power with
reference to any person or | 7 |
| property.
As used in this Section, "document" includes, but is | 8 |
| not limited to, any
document, representation, or image produced | 9 |
| manually, electronically, or by
computer.
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| (c) A document apparently capable of defrauding another | 11 |
| includes, but is
not limited to, one by which any right, | 12 |
| obligation or power with reference
to any person or property | 13 |
| may be created, transferred, altered or
terminated. A document | 14 |
| includes any record or electronic record as those
terms are | 15 |
| defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.
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| (d) Sentence.
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| (1) Except as otherwise provided in clause (2) of this | 18 |
| subsection (d), forgery Forgery is a Class 3 felony. | 19 |
| (2) Forgery of a property deed is a Class 2 felony.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-458, eff. 8-4-05.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 22 |
| becoming law.
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